Muay Thai vs. Kickboxing: "The Legendary Fight That Changed History"
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This bout forever changed the landscape of kickboxing, Muay Thai, and MMA in North America. You'll find no other fight that is as dramatic, with both fighters displaying tremendous heart.
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Hey everyone, thank you for watching this video. This legendary fight changed so much in North America.
Want to watch a fight full of epic moments and heart? This is it.
Undefeated Rick Roufus, one of the greatest American kickboxers of all time, faces off against the legendary Changpeuk Kiatsongrit.
Many top athletes would begin learning Muay Thai after this bout and change their stance.
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Sawatdee, I watched this fight some time ago and again just now. My reaction was the same: I wept, literally, during the first round. Changpuek 'should' have been as broken as his jaw. But he was not, his huge heart kept him in the fight and took him to victory, just as it does with so many Thai fighters. I know I will take some flak for this, but it seems the rest of the world seeks to nullify the strengths of Muay Thai and to change the rules of the OG "Kick Boxing". No elbows, no clinch, no throws, no low kicks. K1 for example. Bring your "A" game to the ring. If your Karate/Taekwondo/Hapkido /"American" Kick Boxing" is as good as Muay Thai, you will be victorious. If not, you will be on your ass. Frequently. I despair at the attempted sterilization of Muay Thai.
This little rant aside, thank you for the videos and thank you for continuing to educate me.
Legendary? really man, humillation fight vs Tailandia
Lawrence
I always comeback here when i fall.
Its very inspiring in my life.
Its same to our life once you fall its not the end of all.
We get up and fight again. Thats life is all about.
Tq for this.
You call this Muay Thai vs kickboxing but with Kickboxing rules. Seems pretty bias to me. Racist much?
Reminds me of that Nathan "carnage" Corbett Vs Tyrone Spong scenario. Tyrone claimed to be the best but would only fight Nathan, who is known for his brutal close quarter elbows if he wasnt allowed to use them.. Gaaaaaaay
U'r amazing Lawrence, wooden leg and brutal focus, i like this so much.. best regards from germany!
Everybody wants to fight a Thai fighter. But not on full Thai rules
Floyd will fight kickboxers and mma fighters but it has to be boxing rules only lmao
@@SuperPeterok Floyd would get demolished under mma rules by anyone that has solid grappling and stand up
@@jusufzekovic5843 that's what I want to see
What about allow me to using sub mission on them
Don Wilson fought and beat Thai fighters in Thai rules
Rulemaker: no elbows! No knees! And no clinching! - Thai fighter: oké, low kicks will do 🙏😊.
And it did.
LOL
LOL!! Just imagine if Thai rules.....Rick would have been laid out.....although Rick's kick's to the body and head were legendary.
@@rickymetzenbomb7548 in Thai rules, Esnesto Hoost (K1) can beat Changpeuk with KO...
bebe mu not thai rules and a 30 kg weight difference check again
When you are 28-0 and someone destroys you with the one kick that he's allowed to use, that's quite humiliating.
Almost forgot, and he does it with a broken jawbone.
Don't underestimate other people. There is always the chance of getting your ass handed to you on a platter.
He didn't destroy him. He was barely beaten. Almost got the win on the first round.
@@rosure7 I don't know what video you watched but in the actual one... Rick got destroyed! 1st round didi excellent, a couple more medium... the rest running away from the knee breaker kicks.
Yup! ... that should have been the "lesson learned" final words at the end of the video... hahaha
And that's without clinching and elbow strikes.
@@rosure7 Are you sure watched the same fight as the rest of us? Roufus couldn't even walk out of the ring they had to carry him. He was nearly crippled. The Thai fighter was kept from using all of his normal techniques that would have ended the fight in the first. He took every thing Roufus could throw at him and beat him with the one technique from Muay Thai that he was allowed to use. He practically beat him without using his hands.
"The rules didn't allow him to win tonight" Lol!! They took away Muay Thai's elbows and throws and he still beat him
indeed but lowe kicks,old Japanees saying,Dutch hoedt u voor de lage trappen
Yeah that and the stomping when he was on the floor and the low blows. Pretty dirty fighting if you ask me. It's a sport not a free for all or street fight.
@@itzjung its pretty dirty to act like the fight was even in the first place to clarify which art is stronger simply because one guy had no skill with it. Fair is fair.
You said it all.
@@itzjung lol that's how their culture differs crybabyy
"I doesn't take talent to throw a leg kick" you could've fooled me. Those leg kicks looked like a masterpiece.
Takes a lot of talent to block them though! lol...
He spoke like a clueless idiot. Leg kicks look easy, but such as these are top notch.
no talent? maybe. but a hell of a lot of practice and conditioning needed to be able to throw your leg around like that without breaking it.
Western train kicking using punching bag while we in Asean kick coconut tree.
@@vwb7diyr189 I never heard of kicking coconut trees I've heard of people kicking banana trees but coconut just seems bad for your bones long term.
P.s. where the fuck is Asean
“The rules didn’t allow us to win.” The Thai fighter wasn’t allowed to clinch, knee, or elbow. I guess they forgot to throw in “no low kicks.”
Exactly right.
Lol.. and they still called "Muay Thai" vs Kickboxing.. and still won.
It does not take talent to use low kicks.. and yet, he won. So.. his brother list vs an untalented fighter..
This guy is dumb.
Y'all look up Duke Roufus. He's the guy who said the low kick speech at the end. Then see what you guys think after that.
So many flying knees were waiting to happen but not allowed. The fight by thai rules would last 2 rounds. Kick boxing rules are not effective in self defense against Muay Thai of fighting.
@@anthonygrizzly6924 he had some kid killed and was criticized by everyone? What a wonderful corner man.
I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 time
-Bruce Lee
Way too true in this instance... and very appreciative to witness this masterclass in different fighting styles 👌 peace and love brother hope you and your family prosper.
But if Bruce was a Muy Thai fighter he could break your leg in one swing. That’s the difference although I did hear a story where a muy Thai guy got jumped and he broke em up and got locked up so idk and I don’t wanna know. 😬
Wow my nigga thanks for that quote, haven’t heard that one 999 times this year
You should fear the man that uses your leg for those 10000 kicks
Credit to both fighters, the Thai for withstanding rick's early onslaught, not to mention the broken jaw. And of course to Rick, to be able to continuously get back up and fight after taking an endless amount of Thai low kicks, truly inspiring stuff from both gentlemen
yh... rick was also very good but he didnt know how to check low kicks because his style was incomplete
credit to thai fighter only for being limited to use elbows , knees , trips and accepting this fight
Are we not gonna talk about how the Muay Thai guy kept fighting with a broken jaw? Holy shit
And fought for a long time eventually winning, as tough as it gets
Ace Jacobs thats nothing, Thai fights continues after someone got kick in the balls
fucking killing machine, man. terrifying
The Thay guy is a warrior... a machine! ... simply amazing!
Lets give boths fighter some props 👏. The American probably tore both knees and kept standing till he couldn't.
analysis 10/10
music 10/10
sequence 10/10
feel like watching movie :)
when Changpuek was down on the floor twice, everybody applaused
when Roufus was down, everybody was stunned and speechless
lol
@Aris Fernando be precise, it's called racism
@@ghostilla its not... theyre fighting in usa probably. It is same in Thailand we always cheer for our fighter over foreigners.
@Aris Fernando The home crowd always cheers for their boys. It doesn't matter the race. You must know that much.
dogzilla__ Chang faked the knock down. !! When fully on canvas he was pretending he was almost knocked out. Notice carefully ,he spit his mouth guard out on purpose pretending he was hit bad. It wasn't punched out of his mouth {read my post above}
He was on the receiving end no doubt. But he was pretending the extent of it. High level Thai fighters condition themselves to go on the receiving end in the 1st round to study the opponent and go on the offensive in the 2nd.
@@prophet1782 lmfao... fake? you think this is movie or what? you're such a pussy
The guy says “he want allowed to win because of the rules”
Rules -
No elbows, no clinch, no throws
Completely fair win from the Thai boxer I would say
My god he came back from a broken jaw and still won. Just a beast.
South East Asians are built different man. Insane how pain conditioning is a part of a lot of their Martial Arts. Lethwei is the Burmese counterpart to Muay Thai, and Lethwei allows HEAD BUTTING from clinch, and standing. These guys would fuck your day up.
Aodhan Raith ya I’ve learned Muay Thai and holy shit I dislocated someone’s jaw with a elbow. Highly recommend u learn it
@@LIIIIIFE yep. Without it they would mentally break. But they mostly get addicted to stuff.
“Everybody has a plan, until they get full power kicks to the shins a hundred times”
- That Thai bloke 😂
Dan exactly I love those kicks that’s all I need without having to directly hit a target 🎯
Shins? It wasn't kicks to the shins.
bad losers that Amerikans,fight on there rules and than that coment at last ,ha ha ha idiote
Ever heard of, short block?
@@ariari4133 ..I was looking for a comment like this. I was thinking the same thing. However, Muay Thai became very popular after this match.
Moral of the video: No rule or broken body part can hold down a Thai fighter 🙏🙏🙏
Respect from India.
Imagine getting crackeded in the legs repeatedly with a baseball bat. Thats how hardened these mui tai guys legs are. Props to both guys on toughness.
and the Thai lowe level,i dont know him,against a former karataka rufes
I believe the American guy was wearing pads, damn pssy. 😂
Rick was a cheating SOB. You see they exposed his bounded shin pads at the end.
@@Arizona9001 where, I looked at the end of the video and saw no shin pads.... pls give me the timestamp
@@karalmom5669 11:39
"But the rules allowed him to win tonight."
Lmfao. Without rules, that kick boxer would've been elbowed in the face immediately.
correct
tiki tikiu yup, plus a few knees as well
He was man fuck that shit!
@@richmuscle8316 Kicking the legs is a bitch move.
Lmao yeah the kickboxer woulda just been mauled
18yr old Duke Roufus: “It doesn’t take much talent.....”
Salty Reporter: “So, you’re saying it doesn’t take much talent to beat you/your brother?!”
lol
A reporter's bark hurts more than his/her bite.
Shoulda dropped disrespectful interviewer like 3rd period French class
it doesn't take much talent to beat the reporter too
? i think your the salty one, because the reporter is right.
I'm Thai. I want to say much respect to the American fighter. He showed a lot of heart and fighting spirit to keep getting up. But you cannot get low kicked that often and expect to win.
When you know all the special moves and combos in Street Fighter but get taken out by the button masher using low kick
More like you get taken out by the person who has a broken controller and only low kick works
that's always happen to me
when i play agenst my wife
low kicks and jabs are highly underrated ;)
Except that other person knew more moves but was limited to only a few.
it's not his fault that he's only allowed to use low kicks
The real weakness was inability to adjust. The Thai fighter took a beating in round 1, but he made adjustments that led to success.
The kickboxer rested on what he had always done with his "talent." Fighting is not about talent, but rather effective offense and defense.
Most goid muay thai fighters dont fight in the couple rounds because they use it to study and tire-out their opponent because they do so much conditioning that they can take so many punches and keep fighting
No. Duke his lily bro was my best friend in hs. There weren't supposed to be leg kicks allowed. Rick didn't know they were allowed and had a career to think about. Meanwhile jeff moved to Thailand to train and be ame a champ thai fighter.
Yeah, he had to learn a whole new style in a couple of minutes to re adjust, he wouldnt have had to face that much of a problem if he did some research before hand, because he looked suprise when the guy threw his first kick, if he studied his opponent and his style before the fight, and was more careful, he would not have been knocked down at all.
@@lilchodey3303 I've spotted that too, usually ending it with an elbow or kick to the head.
I'll give you that he continued to fight and one with a broken jaw put spamming below kicks and doing illegal throws elbow to the head while I'm illegally clenching without a reset and knees were not allowed. Yet this dude kept doing that. Honestly he has heart but don't think he recreated is approach by just spamming leg kicks. Even my friend does it in UFC3.
When you discover that one OP move in a fighting game
😂
hold right-click for (code vein) blanched greatsword
Makes playing game easier😋
@@okawidharta9247 shh
I don't low-kick but I do stretch my fingers out for range
LOOOOOOOL Roufus was definitely looking for a nerf from the officials
"low kicks dont take much talent" haha while his boy didnt block a single one of em xDD
Dekker low kicks the best!
Calamity if they don’t know what they are talking about then they shouldn’t say low kicks don’t take talent though
@Calamity they cant really block low kicks without conditioning shin and leg bones its not gonna work
this is my important point against MT, if you can guard their low kick, you have a winning chance
@@pp-vf8ls how about when you fight in muay thai rule..... knee elbow all technique allow....
The dude interviewed at the end is only 18 years old at the time. So give him credits for that. Both fighters showed extremely bad ass heart
and they said he went to Thailand and trained low kicks after that, and that he changed his opinion
This took the whole saying “Sore Loser” to a whole new level.
Those legs would’ve been “sore” much longer than it took his ego to heal! 😂😂
it took his ego to hell...lol
😂
@@UncleRain100 More like knocked his ego straight into the ninth circle like a baseball bat to a tennis ball.
sore? i think it's broken. lol
@@ghostilla fr
The stretcher took him
Crazy
Some sour grapes from Jeff... glad that Dick Roufus decided to learn from Muay Thai rather than bashing it and making excuses. That's one difference between the true greats and the wannabes.
"Everyone has a plan until they get kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked...."
Lol mt
and kicked and kicked and kicked and kicked..
Excelent comment
I thought that the American got paralyzed and his brother came back after training in the woods and got revenge
He also warned his brother pre-match about the kicks, because he saw the other guy kicking concrete for warm-up.
Nut-Sue-Cow!!! 😂
"A kick is a kick and punch is punch, what could go wrong"
@Doctor Strange It was Kickboxer
give me tong po!!!
"It's doesn't take much talent to kick to the legs"
I bet someone felt really stupid for saying that lol
Yeah lol
brianipmh hahah don’t cry! It’s Mua thai and it’s beauty of war
Ignorance is bliss. When people don't understand things most of the time they call it luck or bullshit. Which is basically what he is saying. After probably talking to his brother he realized that those kicks were a weapon that he needed to become the fighter he wanted, which is a world champion. I mean his brother was beating the shit out of him and was the so called a better fighter. But his brother was the one getting taken out on a stretcher. Definitely don't think he felt stupid, that is just what he thought until he was enlightened.
@D S ok so what does that tell me, nothing. Even if it was they didn't start to train Muay Thai until after this fight because he clearly knows nothing. He didn't check one kick. Also I know that the younger brother trained in Thailand with masters, Duke Roufus but it was this fight that convinced him. Whatever it takes to win, don't like it stop me!
To be fair, he was an 18yr old kid and was interviewed on the spot.
Hi Lawrence, thank you for this video. You made an outstanding write-up and description of what happened on this "legendary fight". I am a former ring doctor, I did it without compensation to protect young amateur fighters in South Texas and provide them with free care (a lot of them were poor, very poor). It is still painful for me to see fighters getting injured, I just hope that these combats sports always have tough referees, medical support, and cautious corner support/trainers. Thank you for your video, I learned a lot. Ciao, L
+lancelot1953 Hey Lance, I would love to feature you on Humans of Fighting. If you see this and are interested, please email us at humansoffighting@gmail.com !
Kids back then: I learn karate
Kids now: I learn Muay Thai
Great video!
Practicing martial arts for 31 years now. My art the past 15 years has been Taekwondo. Had the honor of sparring a true Muay Thai fighter a few years back. I outweighed him by probably 70lbs. Not long after we started kicked my right leg! Leg went numb and I went down. Leg kicks can be devastating.
"He did all of those jumpy spinny kicks, that's talent" flashy moves dont mean shit if they're not efficient
spinning kicks arent flashy they carry weight, joe rogan even said that it feels like getting hit by a truck if they get u
You don't understand the amount of force that shit carries, it's the same reason shot put people spin on their throws
Low kicks are quicker, stiffer and can take you off your feet.
I don't fear anyone with many moves. I fear the ones who masters one move.
@saintquinn007 where are knees or elbows? this was unfair fight ! its like lets go boxing but we will use legs and head , but not fist..
Jeff sounded like a rich kid that doesn’t get his way.
This fight is like a metaphor of the privileged USA pride, exceptionalism and mindset in a nutshell. E.g. the speech that Jeff Roufus made at the end of the video could be applied to several things about USA, but I'll only use it to mention the Vietnam war, which was a clash between an underdog of Orient and the giant of Occident: Yes! USA had all this "talented" fancy chemicals, fires and oh, so civilized and advanced tech stuff-weapons-etc that only a """highly civilized, advanced democratic civilization""" could create in order to perpetuate and keep giving "and freedom and democracy" to all the world. But at the end of the day, they were humbled from the ground by the oh, so """uncivilized""" and """untalented""" people of orient.... just like Rick Roufus did with the "untalented" lowkicks of Changpuek Kiatsongrit, which were enough to bring down Roufus to the ground and all his talented fancy-flashy movements and kicks.
Xólotl Mēxihcah well said 🙏🏼
"He bleed like mailee. Mailee good fuck"
@@soaringbeyond And the Brits during the American revolutionary war.
He was right. It doesn't take much talent. Thais just train hard.. And got more motivation to do so. Its their culture and also they are poor as fck.. Fight or starve... Not many american or western fighters have this incentive.
Based on the way they're complaining at the end: did they just want the thai guy to stand there with his hands down, or...?
Yea they forgot to disallow kicking and that evidently proved disastrous lol.
@@tuhinroy6852 I guess they had to allow something. Otherwise, what's the point?
That's why I love Thailand, respect from Greece.....
Greece is a pussified society. You can get in jail for beating someone on self defense.
@@thesecretlibrary890 correct....
“It doesnt take much talent to kick low” so then block them smh
Low kicks are the best. Simple yet effective.
Thought he was going to do the karate kids flamingo kick after a while!!!!!
@@timoutten5822 It's called the crane kick not flamingo kick lol.
Lol when u loose like an ass then they talk crap . It does not take talent to talk crap . Haha
Low kicks look easy, but are really hard to master.
Now imagine if clinching throwing elbowing and kneeing we’re allowed
• FBI • he would have got destroyed
That would be a massacre
Won't last 2 or 3 rounds
that was murder...
@@markdarrelgonzales8651 2nd round roufas woulda been destroyed within 1 minute easy.
Jesus that is so devastating. It's literally like chopping a tree down
Defending his brother about talent, like boi you literally changed the rules for the Thai fighter and he still won. That’s real talent
Changpuek after 1st round.
Changpuek: "Coach what do I do"
Coach: "Looks at other cornerman...."
*5 seconds to Round 2
Coach: "Banana tree!"
*Wrecks Rick's leg for the rest of the rounds
LoL 😁✌️
.....sweep the leg!
Cook those legs hahaha
Hahahahahaaaaa...😄😄😄✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
@@tonytigre4834 That's it Johnny!
Ahhh, To be a young fool.
Young Duke: "It's doesn't take much talent to kick to the legs"
Bruce Lee: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times"
Dante Diavolo agreed
Best comment
Kicking like that is serious! If you can’t take Mua thai kick then don’t fight them
Hey brother! You got the quote backwards. Just wanted to let you know
@@SusanK01 nope your just dyslexic...
This was a beautiful, technical dismantling of an opponent.
how he get up and continue fighting after this 1:39 is beyond me...legend, a true warrior
I reached for my tiger balm after seeing those leg kicks
TheBoredJuan lmao 🤣
tiger poo on private parts !!!
Me too, that and salonpas patches
Daym he won't be able to walk for a week.
More like my oxytocin.
if the thai fighter was aloud to clinch he would have tied up in the first round so he would have sustained less. The thai fighter wasn't aloud to clinch, elbow or knee. If it was really muay thai vs kickboxing the thai fighter would have finished him earlier. I was really fought under kick boxing rules. It favoured the kick boxer but he still lost
Yeah those illegals stomps and throws sure help
@@pedro55845 WHAT ABOUT THE KICK ON THE FACE WHEN THE THAI WAS DOWN?
@@pedro55845 that man stands a chance because that he got the rules on his side, what if they use muay thai's rules? No chance my man.
Simply Era had nothing to do with his legs being shattered
THE AMERICAN TOOK AWAY (DISALLOWED) MOST OF THE MUAY THAI'S STRENGHTS SUCH AS ELBOWING, KNEEING, THROWING AND CLINCHING..AND STILL LOST
Fact
For anyone that hasnt thrown a leg kick, it isnt easy, I once kicked my friends shin and it felt like my legs were going to break apart
Yeah just like in vietnam and korean war.. The viets and chinese fucked them so hard with low kicks! :) lol
The best moment is when American starts running.😂😂😂
hahaha
Haha loser Rufus
Chilll......
😂🤣😅
Which time?!🤣
The expression "kicking the shit out of someone" takes on a whole new level here.
Just ... don't.
He didn't shit tho
Ref: No elbows, knees or clinches!
Changpeuk: can I kick him in the leg?
Ref: yeah bang away! 😂
Changpeuk: Okay shins!.. Time to go to work.
That's what he'd actually asked.
He kicked him in the ass!😂
@@TomburiohTalun 😂😂😂
It’s Amazing How Duke Decided To Adopt Muay Thai Style Into His Training Regiments After This Fight. Obviously
Muay Thai: fighter getting humiliated....
Also him: So u have chosen death
Lesson learned here: flashy moves and efficient techniques are worlds apart
And knowing the difference between the two is very difficult for you right?
Yup. Agreed.
Correct 100%
that’s obvious
libtech98__ Yes Flashy moves. The Thai was brutal.
"The rules didn't allow him the win ..Lmao" If the other guy couldn't block a single leg kick it's not the muay thai guy's fault.Also the rules didn't let the muay thai guy catch other fighter's leg or get him to clinch. So the muay thai guy couldn't use his full potential. But he still won
I think it was his lack of preparation, he didn't think of low kicks.
With A BROKEN FUCKING JAW ta boot!!
@Jacob St.Clair the Mauy Thai fighter had a 50% handicap so he found a weakness and used it. If he didn't have the handicap that fight would of been A LOT different and the Kickboxer would of been laid out much sooner.
@Jacob St.Clair why you sound mad foo
@Jacob St.Clair lol you mad for no reason because you Americans people lost 😆😆
He found his weakness and exposed it the rest of the fight.
i am cancer__ That's what High level Thai fighters do. They withstand the beating in the 1st to know the opponents blows.Their shin and bodies are conditioned.
Duke kept referring to the Thai fighter as “the guy.” It shows a lack of respect for your opponents. Regardless of the match outcome a true warrior always shows respect for their opponents.
According to the subtitles Duke changed his opinions as he stated here. That shows he had matured. His commentary on video otherwise showed his immaturity at that point.
But we all live and learn.
Low kicks are deadly; almost unseen and very little defensive moves can be done to effectively protect yourself. After repeated impacts on the same area, the muscles turn to mush. Compartment Syndrome trauma is serious and if untreated can lead to complications including amputation.
When duke was being interviewed about his brothers well being, his tone was more of a sore loser. When he studied muay thai in Thailand, his opinion of leg kicks changed
@Rafael Acosta after being undefeated. He loses to spam kicks like a MORTAL KOMBAT beginner.
Those Muay Thai guys are hard as nails. Hell, so was Rick. That's a tough guy that got beat there, but damn.
Much respect to these two elite fighters. They gave it all..blood, sweat and pain!
I remember this fight started a wakeup call to all western kickboxers about Muay Thai which is relatively unknown to competitive circles at the time. They have realized the amazing tough regimen and "tough-as-nails" training of the Thai when it comes to their art that even the most formidable kickboxers of that era will have a hard time dissecting. Imagine fighting with a broken jaw and eventually winning the fight sending his opponent in a stretcher. That says a lot about Muay Thai fighters.
The thai was like:
Do you prefer your thighs medium or well done?
Darkin 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
✌️🥴😅😅😅😅😅😅
Either way, they’ll be tenderized.
I think Rufus was thinking I'll have them medium rare with a side order of stretcher and bandages please!
LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
I almost cried for the Thai guy, man... damn, he’s got heart for sure
Yeah so much heart, getting his jaw broke and then stomping and illegally throwing an opponent.
@@we3784 Yeah, good on him ;P
@@we3784 To be fair, it takes heart and perseverance to keep going against a broken jaw. The rest, however, yeah.
He would have devastated Rick if he was aloud his full arsenal man if was aloud his elbows throws clinch,it must have so hard to not fight your normal way constantly having to hold back so much self control
@@we3784 the kickboxer hit him on the ground couple of times tho
-How many lowkicks should I give him coach ?
-Yes.
Incredible heart on both sides.
Imagine the salty levels if there were twitter back then!
#legkicksftw
👊😂🤣😭
@kmden Rt 😂👍
@kmden Rt Those leg kicks were the equivalent of tenderizing meat with a truck.
Jeff had enough salt to salt the streets in iowa before it snows.
Wow, I can't remember being so "on the edge of my seat" during a TH-cam video... WOW! That was epic! And great commentary provided throughout the video... really made it a great learning experience. Thanks so much!
Great video! really well done!
Im half Thai, Muay Thai is the only connection i have to my culture. I’ve always wanted to fight an American kickboxer for the experience, to see what i would do against one, and to see what i learn from it.
"it doesnt take much talent to kick on the legs"
well mister bitter, it doesnt take much talent to dodge those low kicks
Just because someone says it doesn't take much talent, doesn't mean that it's not effective.
@Michael Jordan Depends
You dodge it by pulling your lead leg a tad back, but usually you just block it
@@Geteoh I've been working on a method, but it requires a decent amount of muscles strength
@Michael Jordan Check/deflect properly and it minimizes impact/damage.......the fight game is about angles. Which i'm sure you're ware of.
A well edited video, the author knew this subject extensively.
8:37 the precise moment when the kickboxer went from Van Damme to Forrest Gump...to bubble gum.
Great video and breakdown. I'm watching this after Khabib vs. Gaethje, thinking about low leg round kicks in mixed martial arts bouts.
Morale of the story: Learn to shin check or jam.
It started out looking like a fight. Toward the end it started looking like a beat down! :D
😂😂😄
I loved this
I learned so much from this
Thank you
"It doesnt take much talent to kick low"
Maybe your kickboxer should have tried it then.
Ya they don't practice trying to kill things with their legs in kickboxing its literally an art technical skill, people watch kickboxing for a different reason. Different style this wasn't supposed to be a street fight where you try to cripple someone legs doubt he fully healed from that kind of abuse. Two men playing sport no matter what dont like seeing that kind of damage.
These Thai warriors have been fighting since the age of 5. Full contact. Correct diet. Running 15 Km before school. There is no contest. Let them use their elbows and knees too and they walk straight through all opponents.
Martial Arts are the best!
I wouldn't go that far, but I knew who was going to win this fight before it started. MT fighter conditioned to kick and break bamboo chutes with his chins, the kick boxer was no match by lack of conditioning alone. MT lacks form so when you put him up against a fighting form or style with equal conditioning like Shaolin kung fu, he will lose every time. a good fighting form gives you more offensive moves to practice by and use. MT is respectable but add more moves to it so it is more formidable.
@@Diganotherwell Sorry but thats absolute nonsense.
@@feedthesoil5335 well let me enlighten you my obviously pro MT fan perhaps a MT practitioner. If you are fully trained in MT and have 5 yrs combat ring experience and you fight a fully trained Shaolin Monk with equal combat ring experience, it's a pretty good chance you will lose because the MT style simply doesn't have the same well thought out techniques. when he jumps up in the air and hangs over your head slapping you with his big toe about 27 times (and he can break bricks with that same toe) because he spent 15 years learning how to do that one move and 2500 other moves like it, you and your 100 well practiced MT techniques will be left standing in the ring wondering how he did it. Now let me buy you a hamburger and please don't doubt me again or I'll downgrade it to a frozen burrito from a convenience store.
@@Diganotherwell Dream on ! You need to get out the house and stop reading your kung fu comics. What a jerk !
The moment i see low-kicks is allowed, i was like "You're dead", people mostly think Elbows is most known in Muay Thai but Low-kicks is probably the most used weapon in Muay Thai
the kickboxer was served. Epic match nonetheless.
“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” - Bruce Lee
I’ve wat watched this fight many times. Huge respect for both fighters. Unbelievable amount of heart. They both should have been ko many times. Rocky-esq
I remember this fight well. What a great analysis. And then Rick Roufus went on to fight in the K-1 and win using low kick rules...thanks for posting this.
His legs was bending like boiled spaghetti.
Aye cuz i never seen a fight like this.... muy thai fucked his knees up, especially when he tried to run........ 🏃......😂..made my legs hurt just watchin.........
Great job again - I had no idea low kicks weren't part of kick boxing when I was a kid. Great technique on the kick boxer - amazing comeback! The fight would probably be stopped today after 2nd Thai knockdown or when fighter kept going down from relentless unchecked leg kicks. I'll be he had knee problems the rest of his career. Cheers
Thank you for your video.
I remember this fight it was an eye opener to the world of standup fighting!
I love how this guy says "doesn't take too much talent to kick to the legs"
That's one way to think about it, I like to think of it as being more well rounded.
2:28 shows such pure heart and strength , he wasn’t going down without a fight
Amazing courage by both fighters!!
This fight is very descriptive regarding the muay thai old classic skool. Destroying the opponents base is one of the fighting principles and was done perfectly here. Massive respect for this outstanding brutal martial art \m/
great video, lots of heart from both fighters, but cleary the thai fighter was clearly disadvantaged. It if were the other way around, kickboxer fights thai fighter thai rules, kickboxer would of got slaughtered.
“Rules didn’t allow him to win tn” tf u mean 😭😭😭😭 the odds were against the Thai fighter from the beginning smh
Thai fighter fighting even after jaw broken 👏👏❤️ I can say proudly I'm getting trained on Muay Thai.. Excellent ...
Changpuek also was much lighter. Almost 20kg 44lbs
Fuark. This match is actually insane if you think about it. An undefeated champion kickboxer who got multiple titles in a few weight classes, an absolute living legend. On the other side, an amateur Thai Muay Thai fighter 44 lbs lighter. Then the match itself, just completely gimped rules for the Thai fighter and he somehow came out on top while only utilizing a single kick. Even the ref seemed against the Thai guy too-- like there was no foul when Roufus kicked Changpuek when he was down, but when Changpuek put his foot on Roufus's chest there was outrage.
Omg!
That was glorious. That flashy little fucker definitely put a whooping on the Thai in the first round which probably made him feel humiliated, which caused him to brutalize Roufus and make him pay.
This was a remarkable battle. Fighting spirit, personified. Talent, perhaps, is one thing but continuity, agression and determination balance out the lackings of the " lesser skilled". Mui Tai is battle proven, time and again. Peace, to all.👊🙂❤️
Heart and grit!! Damn right!
Awesome video. As an ever aging Muay Thai fighter I loved the trip down memory lane. I won all my fights with leg kicks. Best one though was 2nd Rd TKO because my opponent just couldn't stand up anymore. To anyone that doubts the effective of low kicks, Go spar at a good Muay Thai gym.
That was years back when the West didnt really know what Muay Thai was all about. DUKE eventually adopted this sport and the rest is history.
Amazing video...
Point to Point... You have explained and uncovered lot of techniques.
Brilliant job 🤝😈🍻
Much love